Director Michael Rymer has partnered with Australian-based US screenwriter Shirley Peirce to launch new production company Magi Pictures.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
The ABC and Tony Ayres Productions' (TAP) anthology drama 'Fires' is underway in Victoria, with a stellar cast that boasts Eliza Scanlen, Sam Worthington, Richard Roxburgh, Sullivan Stapleton, Miranda Otto, Hunter Page-Lochard, Anna Torv, Kate Box, Helana Sawires, Daniel Henshall, and Noni Hazlehurst.
Sci-fi adventure '2067' has proven to be a standout among local audiences, with Netflix revealing Seth Larney's film has spent the most days as the most popular movie in the country since the streaming platform added ranking lists to the service.
"COVID-19 has really battered our industry and many industries all over the world, so there is no work at the moment except the work one can safely generate on one's own."
Emma Booth and Ewen Leslie are playing detectives and former lovers who investigate the brutal murder of an unidentified woman in 'The Gloaming'.
VFX supervisor turned director Seth Larney will return to Australia to make his next film, dystopian thriller '2067', with the project having recently received production investment from Screen Australia, the South Australian Film Corporation and Create NSW.
After directing two episodes of Foxtel/FremantleMedia Australia’s 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', Michael Rymer is moving into the director’s chair for 'Andorra'.